Malcolm Burton was born in New York City, New York but spent his childhood growing up on the island of Jamaica. Moving back to the States in 2013, He found his love for dance in the church where he was founded by his first dance school Elevé Dance Theater. Under the direction of Diedre Sears, he trained in modern, jazz, african, contemporary and ballet. He later attended the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts in 2014 to further his dance foundation until he graduated in 2018. He also attended the Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley under the teaching of Karen Kroninger Knerr where he performed lead and soloist roles in ballets like the Nutcracker, Firebird, Pictures of an Exhibition, Midsummer Night's Dream and Carnivale. He was then accepted to Butler University dance program on a partial scholarship.

In college, Malcolm Burton enhanced his ballet foundation while performing soloist and corps de ballet roles in the Nutcracker, Raisin in the Milk (Ramon Flowers), Sleeping Beauty, Church Song (Susan McGuire) and Giselle. While studying at Butler, he also performed guesting gigs around Indianapolis like Expressenz Dance Center and Butler Community Arts School. After leaving Butler in 2022, he went on to do freelance dance and teaching gigs throughout NYC, PA and TX.

He joined Contemporary West Dance Theatre for the 24/25 season under the direction of Bernard Gaddis. He has gotten to perform lead roles in Joy (Milton Mayer), Night Creature (Alvin Ailey, Liminal Flux (Thang Dao), Tinder Moments (Elizabeth Roxas). Babel (Bradley Shelver) and many ballets choreographed by Bernard Gaddis. This upcoming season will be entering his 3rd year with CWDT.